SOLUTION: Adam and Leslie are 200 feet apart. They start running towards each other. Adam runs at an average of 17 ft/s and Leslie runs at 13 ft/s. How far has Adam run when they meet?
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Question 1094022: Adam and Leslie are 200 feet apart. They start running towards each other. Adam runs at an average of 17 ft/s and Leslie runs at 13 ft/s. How far has Adam run when they meet? Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Adam and Leslie are 200 feet apart.
They start running towards each other.
Adam runs at an average of 17 ft/s and Leslie runs at 13 ft/s.
How far has Adam run when they meet?
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Find how many seconds for them to meet
let t = time in seconds
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17t + 13t = 200
30t = 200
t = 200/30
t = 6 seconds for them to meet
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Find how far Adam runs in this time
17 * 6 = 113 feet
